Tom Araya Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion.”

“Slayer fans are unforgiving. Early on in the career, if something changes, it's accepted. But 30 years down the road, in my opinion, they would rather see us do a three-piece than even try to replace Jeff, in a sense.”

“We just bought a new house, so my wife's been doing all the moving and other stuff, so I would like to go home and just sit and enjoy all that for a couple months before I gotta start playing again.”

“From the heaviest of the heavy to classical to country, that's what I listen to, I listen to a variety and I enjoy good music, good songs.”

“I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write.”

“I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming.”

“When this genre of music started in America, Metallica was up north in California, we were in Southern California, Anthrax was on the East Coast. We each developed our own metal music, and after 30 years, we're still playing our metal music.”

“I was born and raised Catholic.”

“I write, I write, I always write.”

“If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs.”